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Serpent, C
Maker: James Harding
Date: 1820 ca.
Place Made:Woking, Surrey, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on receiver ferrule: James Harding / Woking Surry
Markingsnone
DescriptionBody of wooden sections, final bell section made in two halves, interior painted red; covered with rough textile, painted black and lacquered; ferrules, braces, and keys of brass; finger bushings of ivory.
Six fingerholes and two brass keys in box mounts with brass flat springs, one key on the front (above the upper fingerhole triad), one on the back (on the lowest bow). Keys of different age, lower key likely original, upper key possibly later.
Brass carrying loop on brass mount on back.
Brass bocal with tab seam.
Six fingerholes and two brass keys in box mounts with brass flat springs, one key on the front (above the upper fingerhole triad), one on the back (on the lowest bow). Keys of different age, lower key likely original, upper key possibly later.
Brass carrying loop on brass mount on back.
Brass bocal with tab seam.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 670 mm
Internal diameter (instrument): ca. 26-95 mm
Internal diameter (instrument): ca. 26-95 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 4.
Gary M. Stewart, The Restoration and Cataloging of Four serpents in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota,1978, pp. 20-35; plate VI-XIV pp. 27-35.
Gary M. Stewart, The Restoration and Cataloging of Four serpents in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota,1978, pp. 20-35; plate VI-XIV pp. 27-35.
Object number: 01364